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Granted Patent B2
US 12,436,407 · App. 18/178,809 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Snap-fit structure for spectacle lens and temple

Inventor: Pen-Wei Chen (Tainan, TW)
Assignee: Prohero Group Co., Ltd.
G02C1/023G02C1/10
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Patent No.
US 12,436,407
App. No.
18/178,809
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a snap-fit structure for spectacle lens and temple, which comprises a spectacle lens with a buckle hole on a side thereof, and a temple with a lens assembly element. A latching member is pivotally connected in a groove of the lens assembly element. When the spectacle lens and the temple are assembled, the side of the spectacle lens is correspondingly engaged with an embedded opening of the lens assembly element, so that the buckle hole of the spectacle lens is put between an elastic piece and a pressing piece of the latching member, and is coupled with a block of the elastic piece correspondingly. When the spectacle lens is separated from the temple, the pressing piece of the latching member is pressed to deflect the latching member by an angle, so that the elastic piece is separatable from the buckle hole of the spectacle lens.

Claims (10)

1. A snap-fit structure for spectacle lens and temple, comprising:

a spectacle lens including a temple assembly part formed at at least one of two opposing sides thereof, and the spectacle lens being formed with a buckle hole at the temple assembly part, wherein the buckle hole is formed as a through hole having a closed perimeter; and

a temple including a lens assembly element, a latching member, and a temple main body;

wherein the lens assembly element is a one-piece formed structure and includes a first surface and a second surface formed opposite to the first surface, wherein a groove is formed by being recessed on the first surface of the lens assembly element and an embedded opening is formed and disposed at a front side of the lens assembly element, wherein two opposing ends of the embedded opening are in communication with the groove;

wherein the latching member is a one-piece formed structure and is disposed in the groove of the lens assembly element, wherein an elastic piece and a pressing piece extend from two opposing sides of the latching member at a front section thereof and are fixedly attached thereto, wherein the elastic piece is disposed substantially adjacent to a bottom section of the groove and is formed as a flat surface, wherein the pressing piece is disposed at an opened notch section of the groove, wherein a clamping interval is formed between the elastic piece and the pressing piece whereby a section of the clamping interval is corresponding in position with the embedded opening of the lens assembly element, and wherein a block extends from a side of the elastic piece towards the pressing piece to be located in the clamping interval;

wherein the temple assembly part of the spectacle lens is selectively and correspondingly engaged with the embedded opening of the lens assembly element for extending into the clamping interval of the latching member, wherein the buckle hole of the temple assembly part of the spectacle lens is snapped and resiliently coupled with the block extending from the elastic piece of the latching member, wherein the temple assembly part is also laterally clamped within the clamping interval by opposing sidewalls of the elastic piece and the pressing piece, and wherein a rear section of the latching member and a front portion of the temple main body are pivotally connected with the lens assembly element.

2. The snap-fit structure for spectacle lens and temple as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a guide inclined surface is formed on a front edge of the block extending from the elastic piece of the latching member.

3. The snap-fit structure for spectacle lens and temple as claimed in claim 1 , wherein abutting-and-supporting piece is connectedly formed with the sidewall of the pressing piece for being disposed in the clamping interval, wherein the abutting-and-supporting piece is configured to press against the temple assembly part of the spectacle lens.

4. The snap-fit structure for spectacle lens and temple as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a pivot block is formed at a rear section of the latching member, wherein the pivot block has a first pivot hole arranged thereon, wherein a second pivot hole is arranged at a rear side of the groove of the lens assembly element for passing through upper and lower portions of the groove, wherein two pivot ears are separately arranged on a front side of the temple main body, wherein each of the two pivot ears has a corresponding third pivot hole arranged thereon, wherein the pivot block of the latching member is arranged between the two pivot ears of the temple main body, wherein the first pivot hole of the latching member corresponds and aligns with the third pivot hole of each of the two pivot ears of the temple main body and the second pivot hole of the lens assembly element, wherein a pivot shaft is pivotally connected with the first pivot hole, the second pivot hole, and the third pivot hole of each of the two pivot ears, corresponding with the latching member, the lens assembly element, and the temple main body.

5. The snap-fit structure for spectacle lens and temple as claimed in claim 1 , wherein two concave groove-shaped first limiting parts are, respectively, formed on an upper portion and a lower portion of the temple assembly part, wherein two flange-shaped second limiting parts are, respectively, formed on an upper end portion and a lower end portion of the opposing ends of the embedded opening for abutting against and thereby positioning the two flange-shaped second limiting parts on a corresponding one of the upper and lower portions of the temple assembly part of the spectacle lens, respectively.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2023
From: CHEN, PEN-WEI
To: PROHERO GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062998/0514 →
Continuity (1)
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